Did you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.

most of these aren't entriely useless...
other people's neither.here goes:

Tycho Brahe (or possibly Kepler), the astronomer, died because it was impolite to go to the toilet at parties. So he didn't go. And died.The End.

Also, Koalas get the helpful digestive bacteria which enables them to digest gum leaves, their (only) source of food (and water), by eating their mother's poo when in the pouch.
(riedacher_bertram, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 12:40,
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Cadbury's Creme Egg...

A previous post had me searching for the truth... A quick goole later and I found this:

another possible explanation for posh
the German word 'Poshlust' meaning not only the obviously trashy but mainly the falsely important, the falsely beautiful, the falsely clever, the falsely attractive

cant remember where i read that but i noted it to take the mickey out of a posh cunt who keeps calling me common here: www.justramit.co.uk, not a flaming site, more ranting and raving and having a chuckle
(bazmandublin, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 11:00,
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Planetary Japes
...oooh and there is a ring of debris around Uranus.
(bigquack, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 10:07,
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Super Js
djtrialprice - remember it well - beat Celtic 3 times that season - Fact! and got into the UEFA cup to be beaten 6-3 on aggregate by AS Monaco.
(bigquack, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 10:00,
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bigquack
C'mon you Saints!!!

Although the Scottish first division is on the borderline of professionalism. Remember the 1998 season when the Perth boys finished third behind Rangers and Celtic? FACT. Ah.
(djtrialprice, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 9:40,
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Sad-but-true
My home football team, St Johnstone is the only professional team in the UK to have a J in its name. Handy for pub quizzes that one. Maybe.
(bigquack, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 9:04,
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Is it just me
or is the typing of the word 'FACT!' after nearly every post becoming slightly annoying and, to be honest, redundant given that the question of the week is indeed about useless facts.
(lost_monkey, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 9:02,
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Cowboys
..in the wild west, taking the idea from immigrant tin miners, ate cornish pasties which could contain a whole meal in an edible package easily stored in their saddlebags.

Decimate
The word comes from the punishment handed out to Roman legions by commanding officers. One out of every ten men was picked (at random) and was beaten to death by the rest of the legion.
(chobb,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 8:45,
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